She claws her way towards the still open front door. Exit. Safety. Blood pours from her wounds. Sounds in the distance. Sirens? Hope?
Ghostface rises behind her. Unsteady on his feet. He lurches away from her. Towards the kitchen island. What...? And then we realize - he's going for the knife block.
Tara, almost at the door. She can see blue and red lights down the street now. Police cherries. They are coming.
Tara opens her mouth to scream for help...
...and Ghostface stabs her in the back! Driving the knife between her shoulder blades. Tears it out, stabs her again. Pulls the bloody mess that is Tara away from the door.
Flips her over. She's crying and howling in pain. We hear the cops pulling up. Ghostface hesitates. Is he gonna deliver the final blow? Or is he gonna run?
For a moment we think he's gonna leave her, and then...
He STABS THE KNIFE DOWN straight towards camera! Slicing the screen in two and we SMASH TO OUR TITLE:
SCREAM FOREVER
FADE IN:
EXT. COSTCO - LOADING DOCK - ESTABLISH DAY
SUPER - Modesto, California. Peak hours, full parking lot.
SAM CARPENTER (24) sits at the edge of a loading bay, feet dangling. She wears an employee's outfit and name tag.
In her hand, a days-of-the-week PILL CONTAINER. She cracks open Tuesday, shakes four pills into her hand, pops them in her mouth. With a swig of Monster, down they go.
RICHIE (O.S.)
Excuse me, Miss - what did you just take?
Sam whips around to find RICHIE KIRSCH (25) grinning at her. He wears the same uniform. Sam rolls her eyes.
SAM
Your boner pills. Good luck getting it up now.
RICHIE
You are my boner pills.
SAM Uggggh.
Richie laughs at her reaction. They look around to make sure they're alone, then KISS.
RICHIE You all right?
SAM Yep.
RICHIE
You'd tell me, yeah?
SAM
Yes. You don't have to check on me all the time. I'm-
Her phone BUZZES. Doesn't recognize the number, sends the call to voicemail.
SAM (CONT'D) -not breakable.
RICHIE This, I know.
Now there's an incoming text. Sam reads it:
Sam, it's Wes Hicks. Don't know if you remember me. I'm a friend of your sister. Please call ASAP, it's about Tara.
SAM Shit...
Sam immediately clicks the number that just called.
RICHIE What's wrong?
The phone ringing on speaker and then:
WES (O.S.)
(answering) Sam?
SAM
What happened?
WES (O.S.)
Okay. So. Tara... was attacked.
Sam involuntarily rises to her feet, panicking.
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Original Scream (2022) Script
ActionI found this while I was doing a deep dive on the internet. It's the original script to the movie Scream (2022)- there are a LOT of differences from the one they decided on. TW / graphic depictions of violence.
The Script
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